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Number of projects starting in the year 2006: 22

Project Name: CCDOR Training Program Internship
Principal Investigator: Andrew, Maureen
Co-Investigator(s):
Summary of Content: None
Start Date: 8/1/2006
End Date:
Total Budget: $15,713
Sponsoring Agency: Mpls VA Medical Center
Prime Agency:

Project Name: Special Study of Pilot Testing of Electronic Prescribing Standards
Principal Investigator: Kralewski, John E., Ph.D.
Co-Investigator(s): Dowd, Bryan
Summary of Content: None
Start Date: 8/1/2006
End Date:
Total Budget:
Sponsoring Agency: Ohio Kepro; CMS prime
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Project Name: master contract
Principal Investigator: Feldman, Roger, Ph.D.
Co-Investigator(s):
Summary of Content: None
Start Date: 8/1/2006
End Date:
Total Budget: $0
Sponsoring Agency: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC)
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Project Name: National Primary Care Research and Development Centre
Principal Investigator: Wholey, Douglas R., Ph.D., M.B.A.
Co-Investigator(s): None
Summary of Content: None
Start Date: 8/1/2006
End Date:
Total Budget: $72,268
Sponsoring Agency: University of Manchester
Prime Agency:

Project Name: MHA Rochester program
Principal Investigator: Carl, David
Co-Investigator(s): Begun, James
Summary of Content: None
Start Date: 8/1/2006
End Date:
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Sponsoring Agency: State of Minnesota
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Project Name: Informed Choice of Drug Coverage for Medicare Beneficiaries
Principal Investigator: Dowd, Bryan, Ph.D.
Co-Investigator(s):
Summary of Content: None
Start Date: 8/1/2006
End Date:
Total Budget: $106,009
Sponsoring Agency: RWJF
Prime Agency:

Project Name: The Effect of the Institutionalization of Medical Care on Quality of Patient's Informed Consent.
Principal Investigator: Constantine, Melissa Lee
Co-Investigator(s):
Summary of Content:
Start Date: 7/2/2006
End Date: 8/31/2007
Total Budget: $25,000
Sponsoring Agency: Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making
Prime Agency:

Project Name: Second Phase of the HIFA Evaluation Study
Principal Investigator: Dowd, Bryan, Ph.D.
Co-Investigator(s): Call, Kathleen; Davern, Michael
Summary of Content: None
Start Date: 7/1/2006
End Date:
Total Budget: $300,000
Sponsoring Agency: CMS – MRAD
Prime Agency:

Project Name: Mining Hospital Data to Optimize Patient Flow
Principal Investigator: Potthoff, Sandra J.
Co-Investigator(s): None
Summary of Content: None
Start Date: 6/1/2006
End Date:
Total Budget: $27,500
Sponsoring Agency: University of Minnesota Digital Technology Center, Digital Technology Initiative Program
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Project Name: Using Clinical Guidelines to Improve the Care of Older Persons Conference Grant
Principal Investigator: Kane, Robert L., M.D.
Co-Investigator(s):
Summary of Content: The AHRQ conference grant will allow the Center on Aging to bring together clinical practitioners, researchers, health care administrators, and public policymakers to explore ways in which extant guidelines for managing chronic care problems among older persons can be incorporated into practice at various sites including office practice and nursing homes.
Start Date: 6/1/2006
End Date: 5/31/2007
Total Budget: $45,968
Sponsoring Agency: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Prime Agency:

Project Name: Evaluation of the Community Care Network Project
Principal Investigator: Call, Kathleen Thiede, Ph.D.
Co-Investigator(s): None
Summary of Content: None
Start Date: 5/1/2006
End Date:
Total Budget: $14,990
Sponsoring Agency: Neighborhood health Care Network/Minneapolis Foundation Prime
Prime Agency:

Project Name: Health Insurance, Pensions, and Paid Leave: Access to and Generosity of Health Insurance at Small Firms in a Broader Benefits Context
Principal Investigator: Abraham, Jean M., Ph.D.
Co-Investigator(s): None
Summary of Content: None
Start Date: 5/1/2006
End Date:
Total Budget: $176,991
Sponsoring Agency: Commonwealth Fund
Prime Agency:

Project Name: Nursing Facility Quality Measures in Pay for Performance Model
Principal Investigator: Kane, Robert L., M.D.
Co-Investigator(s):
Summary of Content: The University of Minnesota has been asked by the Minnesota Department of Human Services to provide a) consultation and recommendations for refinements of nursing facility quality measures to be used in a pay for performance model and public reporting of nursing facility performance, and b) analysis of low need nursing facility residents and development of a recommendation for a performance measure designed to encourage diversions and discharges from nursing facilities.
Start Date: 4/28/2006
End Date: 6/30/2007
Total Budget: $297,554
Sponsoring Agency: MN DEPT OF HUMAN SVC
Prime Agency:

Project Name: Regional Market Pilot Evaluation
Principal Investigator: Christianson, Jon B., Ph.D.
Co-Investigator(s):
Summary of Content: Serve as research consultants to RWJF as part of the Regional Market Pilot. The reserachers will assess the Regional Market design for potential weaknesses and provide frequent evaluation insight to the program development team. At the same time, the evaluation team will be planning an evaluation of the future phases of this initiative. The Regional Market Pilot will promote the redesign of a community’s care and care system processes by activating and empowering health care consumers and providers using best practices, appropriate information technologies, coordination of care settings, performance and outcomes measurement, comparative price and performance information, and alignment of payment policies to improve care. RWJF intends to test the hypothesis that harnessing market forces in a given communityand aligning them with local quality improvement efforts has the best potential to produce sustainable high quality and efficiently delivered health care.
Start Date: 4/1/2006
End Date: 3/31/2008
Total Budget: $106,830
Sponsoring Agency: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Prime Agency:

Project Name: Upper Midwest Long-term Care Quality Summit
Principal Investigator: Kane, Robert L., M.D.
Co-Investigator(s):
Summary of Content: cannot find PRF
Start Date: 2/20/2006
End Date: 8/19/2006
Total Budget: $10,000
Sponsoring Agency: University of St. Thomas
Prime Agency:

Project Name: An Epidemiologic Study of Lymph Node Evaluation in Colorectal Cancer Patients
Principal Investigator: Virnig, Beth A., Ph.D.
Co-Investigator(s): David Rothenberger, Jose Jessurun
Summary of Content: This project has the potential to decrease cancer death and suffering - improving node staging and ensuring that all patients in the United States have accurate staging would ensure all node-positive patients who could benefit from adjuvant therapy receive it. In addition, better understanding of tumor biology.
Start Date: 2/1/2006
End Date: 1/31/2008
Total Budget: $419,953
Sponsoring Agency: National Cancer Institute
Prime Agency: Nationa Cancer Institute

Project Name: Patterns of Cancer Care in the Disabled
Principal Investigator: Virnig, Beth A., Ph.D.
Co-Investigator(s):
Summary of Content: The specific aims of the study are: 1. To determine if common cancers in the disabled present at a more advanced stage than the general population. 2. To determine if disabled individuals with common cancers receive different treatment than the general population. 3. To determine if individuals with disabilities experience worse 5 year stage specific cancer survival for common cancers than the general population. The results of this work have the potential to have a significant impact on cancer care; if disparities are identified, understanding the cause and addressing the disparities will become important priorities.
Start Date: 1/1/2006
End Date: 6/30/2007
Total Budget: $85,507
Sponsoring Agency: St. Michael's Hospital
Prime Agency:

Project Name: The Impact of Consumer Health Plan Decisions Support Tools on Health Plan Choice and Quality
Principal Investigator: Abraham, Jean M., Ph.D.
Co-Investigator(s): Jon Christianson, Bryan Dowd, Roger Feldman, Stephen Parente
Summary of Content: To identify the demographic, health status, and job-related factors associated with the use of an online decision support tool by employees and to evaluate the impact of the tool on health plan decision-making and quality.
Start Date: 1/1/2006
End Date: 12/31/2006
Total Budget: $140,718
Sponsoring Agency: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Prime Agency:

Project Name: Technical Assistance and Support Services to the Office for Oregon Health Policy and Research
Principal Investigator: Call, Kathleen Thiede, Ph.D.
Co-Investigator(s):
Summary of Content: The purpose of this project is to provide technical assistance and supportservices to Oregon health Policy and Research staff working on the 2005 OregonPopulation Survey (HRSA prime).
Start Date: 1/1/2006
End Date: 1/31/2007
Total Budget: $38,547
Sponsoring Agency: Office for Oregon Health Policy and Research
Prime Agency:

Project Name: Does Chemotherapy Cause Dementia in Older Breast Cancer Survivors?
Principal Investigator: Virnig, Beth A., Ph.D.
Co-Investigator(s):
Summary of Content: The specific aims of the study are: 1. To determine if the rate of dementia is higher in older breast cancer survivors who receive adjuvant chemotherapy than in survivors who did not receive adjuvant chemotherapy after adjustment for potential confounders. 2. To identify risk factors for development of dementia in older breast cancer survivors who receive chemotherapy, including type of chemotherapy administered and comorbidities.
Start Date: 1/1/2006
End Date: 12/31/2006
Total Budget: $42,352
Sponsoring Agency: St. Michael's Hospital
Prime Agency: Lance Armstrong Foundation

Project Name: Does Adjuvant Chemotherapy Cause Dementia in Older Breast Cancer Survivors?
Principal Investigator: Virnig, Beth A., Ph.D.
Co-Investigator(s): None
Summary of Content: None
Start Date: 1/1/2006
End Date:
Total Budget: $42,342
Sponsoring Agency: St. Michaels Hospital/ Lance Armstrong Foundation
Prime Agency:

Project Name: Full-Scale Implementation and Sustainability of Small Group Nursing Homes in Tupelo, MS: Lessons for Replication
Principal Investigator: Kane, Rosalie A., D.S.W.
Co-Investigator(s): Yat-Sang Lum
Summary of Content: General Description and Aims. Through interviews with key informants, observations, and secondary analysis we will describe the conversion of the entire Cedars Health Care nursing home in Tupelo, MS into small group nursing homes, emphasizing the key decisions made, the challenges encountered, and the generalizable lessons. Themes underlying the exploration include organizational structure, role differentiation, sustainability, market acceptability, and individuation of the homes. We have laid out 4 general tasks 1. Examine the overall functioning of the NH, including how standard functions and roles required of any nursing home have been managed for the 10 regular GHs and any sub-acute GHs developed in Tupelo? (This task seeks lessons related to the overall organization.)2. Examine the internal functioning of the GH to identify how the operating structure and philosophy of the house is developed and sustained, and how much differentiation and innovation is found in both the 10-elder and 12-elder GHs in staffing patterns, programs, and incorporation of new staff and residents intothe house? (This task seeks lessons related to internal GH functioning.)3. Examine case-mix adjusted quality indicators for the GH nursing home.4. Extrapolate the implications for the GH model in the views of those who developed it.
Start Date: 1/1/2006
End Date: 12/31/2006
Total Budget: $29,985
Sponsoring Agency: Commonwealth Fund
Prime Agency:

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